Southern Illinois News

Massac County schools welcomed 2,196 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.6% over the previous school year, when there were 2,161 students enrolled in the county.

Massac County had the 31st lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.5% identified as male, and 48.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 81.3% of its student body.

Within Massac County, Massac County High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 555 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped 3% between the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Brookport Elementary School	Brookport	176
Franklin Elementary School	Metropolis	136
Jefferson Elementary School	Metropolis	121
Joppa Junior & Senior High School	Joppa	97
Maple Grove Elementary School	Metropolis	128
Maple Grove Elementary School	Metropolis	128
Massac County High School	Metropolis	555
Massac Junior High School	Metropolis	246
Metropolis Elementary School	Metropolis	481
Unity Elementary School	Brookport	128